journalism

This video pretty much nails what's become the standard formula for the modern video news story. Note the cadance in the dialog as well... and the difficulty in making out everything the "man on the street" interviewees are saying.

Two things it's missing: Subtitles for what people are saying, even if we can understand them perfectly and the banter back at the newsdesk after the story that compeltely undercuts any seriousness that may have been present in the story itself.

How does your local newscast stack up? Do they use this formula, too?

Further proof that the U.S. media is still failing to do it's job properly.

These two stories--each at least a semi-big deal--appeared in foreign press coverage before they showed up in our mainstream media.

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